§ 88. Mr. LOUGHasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to an announcement in the Royal Arsenal (Woolwich) Co-operative Stores, Tooting branch, with regard to the sale of sugar; that customers must spend 4s. to obtain one pound; that no customer can obtain more than three pounds at any one transaction; that half a pound of sugar will not be sold; and what steps the Sugar Commission has taken to stop these practices?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have reason to believe that this society is arranging to act in accordance with the intimation given by me in reply to a question put to me by the hon. Member for the Dartford Division on the 31st October. The Commission does not propose to go beyond the terms of that intimation in regulating the sale of sugar by retailers.
§ Mr. LOUGHThe right hon. Gentleman's reply only refers to the first part of my question, and not to that part of the question as to refusing to sell more than three pounds and not to sell half at pound. Will not the Commission attend to that point?
§ Mr. McKENNAI am sure the right hon. Gentleman will agree that it would be impossible for us to undertake the general management of the grocery trade. I do not propose, as at present advised, to go beyond what we have already done.